Famous B/W Photographers. Assigned 9/5, due 9/9 at the end of the period - Minor

 PART I

To learn how to take Great Photos, it's important to look backwards at some of the most famous photographers and their work to get ideas and examples of what great photos look like.
The first photographers worked mainly in the Black & White medium. Each spent thousands of hours  in the darkroom perfecting their prints which were as important to the final power of their prints as was their hard work and artistic eye when they originally shot them.

Although we won't be going into a traditional wet darkroom this year, we will be using another type of darkroom, Photoshop, to change and manipulate our photos. In the near future we will begin using Photoshop but first lets look at some of those famous photographers and their work.

First - Preview some of the masters

Go to:

http://www.masters-of-photography.com/

Click through all of the master photographers listed on the left side of the site. Look at their photos. When you click on individual photographers, their work will show up in the middle of the screen in a little slide. You will need to click on one of those, and then use the magnifying glass to zoom in. You will also see a forward button so you can flip through all of their work. Take a look at a minimum of 12-15 different people to find your favorites.

Next - Choose three you like - make note of their names.
Choose well because you will be assigned one of these photographers for a more extensive assignment. At least two of the three must have done documentary work (candid photos of people).

On your Google Site - Create a new subpage and call it Famous B/W Photographers. Create a new text box and put in the names of the three photographers you like and insert your favorite photo from each near their names. You may have to do a google image search to find the photo you want, as not every photo on the "masters-of-photography" website are linkable. Make sure you SAVE the photos you pick out to either your Google Drive or on your desktop somewhere. Make sure you can find it.

PART II

Now it's time to get to know your favorite in detail. Select ONE of your three favorites from Part 1. Head to the Internet and use your favorite search engine to get more information about that person, please verify your facts by finding TWO sources to make sure it's accurate.

Add a new text box on that subpage and share a biography of that person. Important information that should be included: name, birth (and maybe death) dates, origin of birth, education, jobs, books published, etc.

DO NOT COPY AND PASTE this information, retype it in your words.

Yes, its just a bio, but don't plagiarize. 

Now find another 3-5 images from that photographer that you like. Save those images onto your Google Drive OR your desktop and insert them onto your Google Site page.

At the end of this assignment you should have a single Google Site subpage called Famous BW Photographers that has the following information:

3 photos and the names of your top-3 favorite B/W photographers from the masters of photography link.

1 biography of your absolute favorite B/W photographer.

3-5 images from that photographer.

This is the first part of a project that you will complete later.